Saving and Reusing a Script

Restriction: This topic applies to Windows environments only.

You can save the contents of an SQL Edit window to a .SQL file and retrieve it later to edit or run.

To save an SQL script from an active SQL Edit window:

  1. From the File menu, click the Save As command.

    SQLWizard displays the Save As dialog box.

  2. Choose SQL Scripts (*.SQL) from the list of Object Types.
  3. Provide a name for the file.
  4. Click OK to save the file.

To open an SQL script from an active SQL Edit window:

  1. From the File menu, click the Open command.
  2. Choose SQL Scripts (*.SQL) from the list of Object Types.
  3. Locate and select the file you want to open; then click OK.

    The script is opened in an SQL Edit window.

  4. Edit the file adding and deleting the necessary SQL commands. You can also incorporate batch commands.